Health Services Research & Development

• Greer N, Sayer NA, Spoont M, Taylor BC, Ackland PE, MacDonald R, McKenzie L, Rosebush C, Wilt TJ. Prevalence and Severity of Psychiatric Disorders and Suicidal Behavior in Service Members and Veterans With and Without Traumatic Brain Injury: Systematic Review. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation. 2020 Jan 1; 35(1):1-13.
• McFarlane TD, Love J, Hanley S, Dixon BE, Hammond FM. Increased Risk of Stroke Among Young Adults With Serious Traumatic Brain Injury. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation. 2019 Nov 8.
• Elbogen EB, Alsobrooks A, Battles S, Molloy K, Dennis PA, Beckham JC, McLean SA, Keith JR, Russoniello C. Mobile Neurofeedback for Pain Management in Veterans with TBI and PTSD. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 2019 Nov 7.
• Swan AA, Nelson JT, Pogoda TK, Akin FW, Riska KM, Hall CD, Amuan ME, Yaffe K, Pugh MJ, Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium. Association of Traumatic Brain Injury With Vestibular Dysfunction and Dizziness in Post-9/11 Veterans. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation. 2019 Sep 27.
• Pugh MJ, Swan AA, Amuan ME, Eapen BC, Jaramillo CA, Delgado R, Tate DF, Yaffe K, Wang CP. Deployment, suicide, and overdose among comorbidity phenotypes following mild traumatic brain injury: A retrospective cohort study from the Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium. PLoS ONE. 2019 Sep 20; 14(9):e0222674.

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• Evidence Review Identifies Modest Mortality Disparities among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups in VA Healthcare
  To support VA’s efforts to better understand the scale and determinants of disparities in racial and ethnic mortality – and to develop interventions to reduce disparities, investigators from the VA Evidence-based Synthesis Program (ESP) Coordinating Center in Portland, OR conducted an evidence review of mortality disparities specific to VA. Findings showed that although VA’s equal access healthcar...
  
  Date: March 1, 2018
• Individual and Facility-Level Factors Associated with Higher Risk of Suicide Attempt among Veterans Receiving Opioid Therapy
  This study examined the associations between the receipt of guideline-recommended care for opioid therapy and risk of suicide-related events, assessing associations between individual-level and facility-level delivery of recommended care, and individual-level suicide-related events. Findings showed that within 180 days following opioid prescription, 1.6% of the study population on chronic short-ac...
  
  Date: July 1, 2015
• Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury Strongly Associated with Risk of Epilepsy among OEF/OIF Veterans
  This study examined the association between epilepsy and TBI, including penetrating TBI (pTBI), in OEF/OIF Veterans. Findings showed that epilepsy was associated with previous TBI diagnosis. The estimated risk of epilepsy among Veterans with pTBI was nearly 18 times greater than among those without TBI, even after controlling for other factors. When examined separately, risk for epilepsy was also ...
  
  Date: April 1, 2014
• Traumatic Brain Injury during Most Recent Deployment Strongest Predictor of Post-Deployment PTSD
  Investigators in this study examined whether deployment-related TBI predicts PTSD symptom severity when accounting for combat intensity and pre-deployment characteristics. Findings showed that, at the pre-deployment assessment, 57% of service members reported prior TBI; at post-deployment assessment, 20% reported deployment-related TBI. Even when accounting for pre-deployment psychiatric symptoms,...
  
  Date: December 11, 2013
• Low Rates of VA Vocational Service Use among OEF/OIF Veterans with Mental Health Conditions
  This study assessed nationwide patterns of supported employment and vocational service use among OEF/OIF Veterans with the top four mental health conditions: PTSD, depression, substance use disorder, or traumatic brain injury (TBI). Findings showed that of the Veterans with mental health diagnoses included in this study, only 8% had a vocational services encounter during the study period, with 2% ...
  
  Date: August 1, 2013

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• Visual Dysfunction in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review
  ...Visual Dysfunction in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review Visual Dysfunction in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: A...
  
  
• Complications of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans and Military Personnel: A Systematic Review
  ...Complications of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans and Military Personnel: A Systematic Review Complications of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury...
  
  
• Management Briefs eBrief-no62 - Complications of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans and Military Personnel
  ...Complications of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans and Military Personnel Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common condition, especially...
  
  
• Management Briefs eBrief-no96 - Visual Dysfunction in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury
  ...on complex brain interactions, it's reasonable to consider when and whether traumatic brain injury (TBI) is related to visual dysfunction. Such...
  
  
• Relationship of Deployment-related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depressive Disorders, Substance Use Disorders, Suicidal Ideation, and Anxiety Disorders: A Systematic Review
  ...members and Veterans with and without deployment-related mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) (one or more)? Key Question 1b. How do severity and...
  
  

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• Visit the VA's Polytrauma information website to find resources learn more about recent research advancements in care and rehabilitation for Veterans with polytrauma and TBI.
• Visit the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center website.
• Visit the VA's Office of Research & Development healthcare topic overview section to learn more about milestones in VA's TBI research, read research updates, and download research fact sheets.